Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-31
MIR. CARLISLE TALKS.
MS views ON Ohio. Kentucky. ana
National Politics.

A Cincinnati dispatch OF the 18Th
SAYS: The Hon. John q. Carlisle has been
invited by the Democratic State Com
nlittee to speak in Ohio during the
campaign. He viii do so II other
duties do not interfere. When asked
by reporter as to what subject. ne
would discuss he replied; oven, !
suppose the questions to be discussed
ere fairly presented in the platforms OF
the two parties, and will endcavor to
confne myself to them as Tar as
possible. l have no capacity to discuss
questions that were settled twenty
years ago, and If the people oil ONO
propose to vote on those questions
will not be able to assist them in ar
irving at a correct conclusion. There
are a great many questions which con-
Germ the present and future interests
of the citizens OF Ohio and other
States, and if the voters OF your state
will let MIR. Sherman and Governor
Foraker talk without interruption about
the war and the flags while the Demo
cratic speakers are telling them about
the tariff, the public lands, the right OF
local self-government, and other mat
tiers affecting their real interests, Gene
raj Powell and the whole ticket will be
elected"
"How do you account for the re-
duced Democratic vote at the recent
Kentucky election"
lfnI.o D-,.,oo~ot,a xOia m0o only
about 5000 less than Mr.. Cleveland re-
ceived, according to my recollection,
and that is not by any means 80 great a
reduction as frequently occurs in other
States in the votes of both parties.
Everybody knew that the Democratic
ticket would be elected in Kentucky,
or at least nobody seriously doubted 1t.
and the consequence was that our
friends were careless about attending
the polls. Besides this, the Prohibition
and Labor candidates received to-
gether nearly 1900 votes, large part
Of which came from the Democratic
party. The real reason, however, for
the reduced vote for our candidates is
the fact that thousands of Democrats
did not go to the polls at all. We al
ways have somewhere from 10000 to
10000 Democrats in Kentucky who do
not vote. Some fail to vote because
they think there is no necessity for it,
and some because they are busy or alb
sent from home, and few, doubtless,
because they do not like the ticket or
some part of it. Those who suppose
there is any material or permanent de-
lection from the Democratic party in
Kentucky, on either State or Federal
questions, are greatly mistaken. Ii the
question whether The Democrats or Re-
publicans should administer the State
government were seriously presented
to the people our majority would not
be less than $4,000 in my opinion /;
but the supremacy of the Demo
cratic party in the State is so well
established and so universally recog-
nized that it is difficult to make its sup
porters realize the fact that there IS or
can be serious contest, and this alone
constitutes our danger. The presi-
Dental and congressional elections next
year will show conclusively that we
have sustained no material loss Of
strength in that State, and that those
who are endeavoring to excite opposi-
ton to the declared principles of the
party are engaged in hopeless task.
Mr.. Carlisle goes this week to Wash
ington. He is still of the opinion that
Mr.. Cleveland is the safest man that
the Democrats can nominate for PreSi-
dent